Posts tagged “gold”
Thoughts on Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass
November 29, 2011 | Blog
Contributed by Kulvinder Arora Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass What does it mean for women of color to collectively perform their relationship to gold? Ananya Dance Theatre explores this question in their latest dance performance piece, Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass. In the opening scene of Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass, dancers engage the glitter [...]
The Story That Wrinkles Tell
September 27, 2011 | Blog
Nimo Farah was invited to share her words and images in the lobby during our run of Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass. We were honored by her talents and our audience were moved by her. We wanted to share, once again, the work of Nimo Farah My gray hair makes men listen. And when people [...]
Marriage: It Isn’t Really A Choice
September 22, 2011 | Blog
Nimo Farah was invited to share her words and images in the lobby during our run of Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass. We were honored by her talents and our audience were moved by her. We wanted to share, once again, the work of Nimo Farah I go to bed with ideas lately after hearing [...]
Fire From Dry Grass
September 20, 2011 | Blog
Nimo Farah was invited to share her words and images in the lobby during our run of Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass. We were honored by her talents and our audience were moved by her. We wanted to share, once again, the work of Nimo Farah Should I blame the mothers, or the villagers [...]
Women Who Fly
September 15, 2011 | Blog
Nimo Farah was invited to share her words and images in the lobby during our run of Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass. We were honored by her talents and our audience were moved by her. We wanted to share, once again, the work of Nimo Farah My mother wants more for me than she’s [...]
Ananya Dance Theatre: Light-hearted Whimsy Isn’t Spoken Here
September 8, 2011 | Blog
Submission by Gina Kundan As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, development of Tushaanal has relied on each dancer to not only hone and articulate their artistic craft, but also to research all the many attributes of, and associations with, gold. Each dancer contributed research and concepts for the work. Some examples include Chitra Vairavan [...]
Scars of Filigree
August 27, 2011 | Blog
Contributed by Lela Pierce embodied memories reaching behind the past to the present emotion of nothing. washed and swept out while leaking puss of tears, oozing mind juice out tiny orifice pores, and falling falling, falling in and out of here in and out of reality security consciousness knowledge bliss the ultimate embarrassment [...]
Vow for the Price They Promised
August 25, 2011 | Blog
Some words from Laurie Carlos Some of us have lives as women Myths around dreams Crystal clusters An exchange for the life of a person Crystal habits Hardness /gravity /fracture Color luster Transparency of intent Exchange A woman A child Include streaks /jagged/ isometric Life of both sisters an exchange/ a specimen / stunning mouth [...]
Gold. Fire. Women’s Sexuality… Thoughts?
August 16, 2011 | Blog
Contributed by Chitra Vairavan You know how when you enter that space of vulnerability, something hits you, melts you, makes you weak…that’s how I felt coming out of rehearsals and in life recently. Parallels in my life outside the studio and discussions and knowledge shared in the rehearsal space spurred these words and my own [...]
Designing Tushaanal: Elements of Gold
August 4, 2011 | Blog
Contributed by Annie Katsura Rollins Working with ADT is a gift as a designer. The content, the ideas, the inspiration and the team; all of it is the kind of stuff that makes you want to put pen to paper and paper to stage. This year, working on Tushaanal, has been no different. After the [...]
